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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Adam's Pa react to the wish Adam made?
(a) Pa says Adam could not have done this.
(b) Pa is irate.
(c) Pa is not angry.
(d) Pa believes it is divine judgement.

2. What is happening to the valley?
(a) It is drying out.
(b) It is filling with water.
(c) It is getting huge sinkholes.
(d) The trees are getting water logged and falling over.

3. About what does Sam learn in the library?
(a) Magic.
(b) The care of oaks.
(c) The care of sycamores.
(d) The lifespan of dogwoods.

4. What is Henry's condition when Rowena checks on him after getting home?
(a) He is completely a tree.
(b) He is almost a tree.
(c) He seems dead.
(d) The bark and leaves are dropping off.

5. What does Adam think is unfair?
(a) The situation in his family.
(b) That his older brother gets to be in the navy and he has to be home working on the farm.
(c) The way he gets penalized in school when he's later because of working on the farm.
(d) The way the other kids laugh at him for helping out his parents.

6. What is in the pair of pants that Adam hangs in the closet?
(a) A pipe and tobacco.
(b) Blinn's card.
(c) A wad of dollar bills.
(d) A few coins.

7. What has been filled by the evening at Adam's family farm?
(a) The pig trough.
(b) The hay loft.
(c) The feed bins.
(d) The well and cistern.

8. What does Rowena make for Sam?
(a) A good quilt.
(b) A hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A pair of gloves.

9. What business does Adam take up?
(a) Dowsing.
(b) Divination.
(c) Farming.
(d) Hog raising.

10. What does Sam take to the barn to keep dry?
(a) Henry's clothes.
(b) The briefcase full of papers.
(c) The horse blanket.
(d) Henry's suitcase.

11. What is Stew Meat about to do at the opening to the Epilogue?
(a) Restock the shelves.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Close his shop for the night.
(d) Take his wife home.

12. What does Stew Meat do after he gets out his card?
(a) Gives it to Polly.
(b) Makes a wish.
(c) Gives it to Rowena.
(d) Gives it to Adam.

13. Who is the first person narrator in the Epilogue?
(a) Sam.
(b) Polly.
(c) Adam.
(d) Stew Meat.

14. What does Adam's mother say when he tries to tell his parents about his wish?
(a) She tells Adam the flood is all his fault.
(b) She tells Adam that he can not go to college now since they have probably lost the farm.
(c) She tells Adam it is not his fault.
(d) She tells Adam to be quiet.

15. What do Adam, Polly and Rowena want when the come into Stew Meat's store?
(a) Charity for Adam's family who have been rendered homeless.
(b) Advice.
(c) Some groceries.
(d) His help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Adam, Polly and Rowena want Stew Meat to do?

2. What does Adam happily contemplate as he goes to sleep?

3. Why does Henry say he used to be so sweet to Rowena?

4. What does Rowena wonder about Polly?

5. When does Adam have to go back to school?

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